Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond

Controlling Page Size

Although you can't use PAGESIZE to control page size in ODS PRINTER output, you do have some control over this setting. Just as in an RTF example in the previous chapter, you can use the PAPERSIZE= option to choose a different page size for your output.

For example, if your output is so wide that even using ORIENTATION=LANDSCAPE is not enough help to get your results to fit on the page, one option is to change to wider paper. You can switch to a page size appropriate for legal-size paper. When you print your document, it will be set up for legal-size paper. The syntax for requesting a different paper size is simple:

OPTIONS PAPERSIZE=LEGAL;

To use legal-size paper to fit a wide table onto the page, try the following syntax. ...